When I graduated from middle school many moons ago, I didn’t put much thought into the world I was leaving behind. All I could think about was the summer ahead and the anxiety that came with high school looming. Meanwhile, the school carried on, grooming the kids of today into the adults of tomorrow. It never dawned on me what that meant until I found myself returning to the scene of my awkward adolescence.
As a kid, sick days used to be the best thing ever when it came to my video game playing time. To me, every minute I wasn’t in school was a minute I could spend playing video games. Instead of taking the road to recovery through sleep and chicken noodle soup, I played video games all day long. Maybe then I shouldn’t have been surprised that a fever would knock me out of commission for a good week.
As an adult, though I do game every now and then when I’m sick, it’s definitely not the same as it used to be.
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